Details of the Researcher
Research History 7
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2026/01 - PresentTohoku University Institute for Materials Research Assistant Professor
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2023/09 - 2025/12The University of Queensland School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering Post-doctoral Research Fellow
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2020/07 - 2023/08The University of Queensland Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing Research Assistant
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2018/10 - 2019/01Cranfield University Surface Engineering Precision Institute Research Assistant
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2015/07 - 2016/06Queen's University Belfast School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Visiting Research Associate
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2015/05 - 2015/07University of Chester Department of Mechanical Engineering Visiting Lecturer
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2013/08 - 2014/12The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Advanced Manufacturing Technology Research Centre Research Assistant
Education 4
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The University of Queensland School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
2019 - 2023
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Cranfield University School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing
2017 - 2018
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University of Chester Department of Mechanical Engineering
2015 - 2017
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
2011 - 2013
Committee Memberships 3
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School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland Health, Safety and Wellness Committee
2022 - 2025
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Materials Australia Student Representative (Queensland Branch)
2022 - 2023
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Materials Australia Queensland Councillor
2024 -
Professional Memberships 5
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Materials Australia
2020 - 2025
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Engineers Australia
2023 - 2024
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Royal Microscopical Society
2015 - 2020
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Institute of Physics
2015 - 2019
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Institution of Mechanical Engineers
2015 - 2019
Research Interests 8
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Laser Welding
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Precision Machining
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Defect Characterisation
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Grain Refinement
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Thermomechanical Processing
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Alloy Design
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Titanium Alloys
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Additive Manufacturing
Research Areas 4
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Nanotechnology/Materials / Structural and functional materials /
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Manufacturing technology (mechanical, electrical/electronic, chemical engineering) / Manufacturing and production engineering /
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Nanotechnology/Materials / Metallic materials /
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Nanotechnology/Materials / Material fabrication and microstructure control /
Awards 11
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Most Effective Teacher Nominee (Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology))
2024/04 University of Queensland
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AINSE Postgraduate Research Award
2022/07 Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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Standard Travel Bursaries
2020/02 Royal Microscopical Society
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Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship
2019/10 Australian Government - Department of Education
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Best Poster Award Finalist (STEM for Britain 2019)
2019/03 UK Parliamentary & Scientific Committee Investigation of Damage Tolerant Coating System for Biomedical Applications
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Cranfield Global Manufacturing Leadership Scholarship
2017/09 Cranfield University
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Early Career Researcher Best Poster Award (IOP Tribology Group)
2017/01 Institute of Physics Enhancing the Wear Performance and Hydrophilicity of Shape Memory NiTi Alloy by Laser Diffusion Nitriding for Orthopaedic Applications
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Top 50 Finalist (Global Best Poster Award)
2015/12 New York Academy of Sciences Novel Laser Technology to Enhance the NiTi Shape Memory Alloy Wear Performance in Total Joint Replacement Component
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CR Barber Trust Travel Award
2015/10 Institute of Physics
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Nanotribology Summer School Bursary
2015/08 European Cooperation in Science and Technology
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Postgraduate Research Scholarship
2015/03 University of Chester
Papers 27
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Towards free-machining titanium: role of boron and lanthanum hexaboride in Ti-6Al-4V
Mandeep Singh, Chi-Ho Ng, Muhammad Adeel Zafar, Matthew Dargusch, M.J. Bermingham
Materials & Design 2026/03
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2026.115553
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New insights into the effect of heat-treatment on the machinability and tool wear in machining of additively manufactured metastable (3-Ti Alloy Beta-C (Ti-3Al-8V-6Cr-4Mo-4Zr) Peer-reviewed
M. Adeel Zafar, Chi-Ho Ng, Mandeep Singh, Matthew S. Dargusch, Michael J. Bermingham
TRIBOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 213 2026/01
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2025.111033
ISSN: 0301-679X
eISSN: 1879-2464
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Designing against ω phase embrittlement in additively manufactured Ti-13.5Mo metastable β titanium alloy through Sn additions Peer-reviewed
Jingqi Zhang, Michael Bermingham, Joseph Otte, Ziyong Hou, Chi-Ho Ng, Damon Kent, Xiaoxu Huang, Matthew Dargusch
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 97 2025/01/05
DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2024.104597
ISSN: 2214-8604
eISSN: 2214-7810
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Quantitative analysis of the correlation between dual-deposition parameters and porosity in wire arc additive manufactured Ti-22V-4Al alloys Peer-reviewed
Yancen Lu, Yuan Wang, Chi-Ho Ng, Michael Bermingham, Matthew Dargusch
SMART MATERIALS IN MANUFACTURING 3 2025
DOI: 10.1016/j.smmf.2025.100090
eISSN: 2772-8102
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Toward a Standardized Approach for Characterizing β-Fleck Defects in Titanium Alloys Peer-reviewed
Chi-Ho Ng, Michael Bermingham, Peter Collins, Matthew Dargusch
ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS 26 (16) 2024/08
ISSN: 1438-1656
eISSN: 1527-2648
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A review of the use of cryogenic coolant during machining titanium alloys Peer-reviewed
Tharmalingam Sivarupan, Michael Bermingham, Chi-Ho Ng, Shoujin Sun, Matthew Dargusch
SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES 40 2024/07
DOI: 10.1016/j.susmat.2024.e00946
ISSN: 2214-9937
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Machine learning driven instance segmentation providing new porosity insights into wire arc directed energy deposited Ti-22V-4Al Peer-reviewed
Yuan Wang, Chi-Ho Ng, Michael Bermingham, Matthew Dargusch
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 90 2024/06/25
DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2024.104323
ISSN: 2214-8604
eISSN: 2214-7810
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Wire arc additive manufacturing of metastable β-Ti alloys
Chi-Ho Ng
2023/08/31
DOI: 10.14264/3dddb3d
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Eliminating porosity defects, promoting equiaxed grains and improving the mechanical properties of additively manufactured Ti-22V-4Al with super-transus hot isostatic pressing Peer-reviewed
C.H. Ng, M.J. Bermingham, M.S. Dargusch
Additive Manufacturing 72 103630-103630 2023/06
Publisher: Elsevier {BV}DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2023.103630
ISSN: 2214-8604
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Towards isotropic behaviour in Ti-6Al-4V fabricated with laser powder bed fusion and super transus hot isostatic pressing Peer-reviewed
Meili Zhang, Chi-Ho Ng, Ali Dehghan-Manshadi, Chris Hall, Michael J. Bermingham, Matthew S. Dargusch
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING 874 2023/05/25
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2023.145094
ISSN: 0921-5093
eISSN: 1873-4936
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Controlling grain size, morphology and texture in additively manufactured β-titanium alloy with super transus hot isostatic pressing Peer-reviewed
Ng, C.H., Bermingham, M.J., Dargusch, M.S.
Additive Manufacturing 59 103176-103176 2022/11
Publisher: Elsevier {BV}DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2022.103176
ISSN: 2214-8604
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Effect of Hot Isostatic Pressing and heat treatments on porosity of Wire Arc Additive Manufactured Al 2319 Peer-reviewed
Mclean, N., Bermingham, M.J., Colegrove, P., Sales, A., Soro, N., Ng, C.H., Dargusch, M.S.
Journal of Materials Processing Technology 310 2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2022.117769
ISSN: 0924-0136
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Towards β-fleck defect free additively manufactured titanium alloys by promoting the columnar to equiaxed transition and grain refinement Peer-reviewed
Ng, C.H., Bermingham, M.J., Yuan, L., Dargusch, M.S.
Acta Materialia 224 2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117511
ISSN: 1359-6454
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Correlation between flattening ratio and wear performance of cold sprayed metal matrix composite coatings Peer-reviewed
Chi-Ho Ng, Shuo Yin, Rocco Lupoi, John Nicholls
MATERIALS LETTERS 283 2021/01/15
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2020.128773
ISSN: 0167-577X
eISSN: 1873-4979
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High stability and high strength β-titanium alloys for additive manufacturing
Ng, C.H., Bermingham, M.J., Kent, D., Dargusch, M.S.
Materials Science and Engineering A 816 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2021.141326
ISSN: 0921-5093
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Eliminating segregation defects during additive manufacturing of high strength β-titanium alloys Peer-reviewed
Ng, C.H., Bermingham, M.J., Dargusch, M.S.
Additive Manufacturing 39 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2021.101855
ISSN: 2214-8604
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Mechanical reliability modification of metal matrix composite coatings by adding al particles via cold spray technology Peer-reviewed
Chi-Ho Ng, Shuo Yin, Rocco Lupoi, John Nicholls
SURFACES AND INTERFACES 20 2020/09
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2020.100515
ISSN: 2468-0230
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The role of PVD sputtered PTFE and Al2O3 thin films in the development of damage tolerant coating systems Peer-reviewed
Chi-Ho Ng, Jeff Rao, John Nicholls
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY-JMR&T 9 (1) 675-686 2020/01
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2019.11.009
ISSN: 2238-7854
eISSN: 2214-0697
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Enhancing the cell proliferation performance of NiTi substrate by laser diffusion nitriding Peer-reviewed
Chi-Ho Ng, Nanxi Rao, Wing-Cheung Law, Gaixia Xu, Tai-Lok Cheung, Fai Tsun Cheng, Xiaomei Wang, Hau-Chung Man
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY 309 59-66 2017/01/15
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2016.11.008
ISSN: 0257-8972
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NiTi shape memory alloy with enhanced wear performance by laser selective area nitriding for orthopaedic applications Peer-reviewed
Ng, C.H., Chan, C.W., Man, H.C., Waugh, D.G., Lawrence, J.
Surface and Coatings Technology 309 2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2016.10.042
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Reliability of the plastic deformation behavior of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass Peer-reviewed
J. J. Fan, Y. F. Yan, S. H. Chen, Chi-Ho Ng, F. F. Wu, K. C. Chan
INTERMETALLICS 74 25-30 2016/07
DOI: 10.1016/j.intermet.2016.05.001
ISSN: 0966-9795
eISSN: 1879-0216
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Modifications of surface properties of beta Ti by laser gas diffusion nitriding Peer-reviewed
Chi-Ho Ng, Chi-Wai Chan, Hau-Chung Man, David Waugh, Jonathan Lawrence
JOURNAL OF LASER APPLICATIONS 28 (2) 2016/05
DOI: 10.2351/1.4944000
ISSN: 1042-346X
eISSN: 1938-1387
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Enhancement of wear and corrosion resistance of beta titanium alloy by laser gas alloying with nitrogen Peer-reviewed
Chi-Wai Chan, Seunghwan Lee, Graham Smith, Gianluca Sarri, Chi-Ho Ng, Ahmed Sharba, Hau-Chung Man
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 367 80-90 2016/03/30
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.01.091
ISSN: 0169-4332
eISSN: 1873-5584
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Surface treatments to modulate bioadhesion: A critical review Peer-reviewed
Waugh, D.G., Toccaceli, C., Gillett, A.R., Ng, C.H., Hodgson, S.D., Lawrence, J.
Reviews of Adhesion and Adhesives 4 (1) 2016
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Formation of TiN Grid on NiTi by Laser Gas Nitriding for Improving Wear Resistance in Hanks' Solution Peer-reviewed
Ng, C.H., Chan, O.K., Man, H.C.
Journal of Materials Science and Technology 32 (5) 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2016.01.012
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Preparation of Size Tunable, Glutathione-Responsive Hyaluronic Acid-Quantum Dot Nanohybrids Using Microemulsion Method Peer-reviewed
Moran Guo, Wing-Cheung Law, Chi Ho Ng, Hongxin Cai, Liwei Liu, Lihui Zhao, Xihe Zhang
SCIENCE OF ADVANCED MATERIALS 7 (2) 364-370 2015/02
ISSN: 1947-2935
eISSN: 1947-2943
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Effect of Ta interlayer on laser welding of NiTi to AISI 316L stainless steel Peer-reviewed
Ng, C.H., Mok, E.S.H., Man, H.C.
Journal of Materials Processing Technology 226 2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2015.06.039
Presentations 12
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β-Isomorphous Element Tailoring: A Pathway to Superior Machinability in 3D-Printed Titanium Alloys Invited
Chi-Ho Ng, M. Adeel Zafar, Mandeep Singh, Matthew S. Dargusch, Kenta Yamanaka, Michael J. Bermingham
The 12th Pacific Rim International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing (PRICM12)
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Leveraging Porosity for Rejuvenation: Strategic Post-Processing for Additively Manufactured Titanium Products Invited
Chi-Ho Ng, Michael J. Bermingham, Matthew S. Dargusch
Asia-Pacific International Conference on Additive Manufacturing 2025 (APICAM 2025)
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Achieving porosity-free and grain-refined structures in additively manufactured metastable β-Ti alloys via super-transus hot isostatic pressing
Chi-Ho Ng, Michael Bermingham, Matthew Dargusch
Asia-Pacific International Conference on Additive Manufacturing 2023 (APICAM 2023)
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Safety technology in Manufacturing - emerging issues and challenges Invited
C.H. Ng, V. Kelly, J. Thompson, J. Zhang
Workplace Health & Safety 2023 (Brisbane) 2023/06/01
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Modifying the Surface Valley Depth and Hydrophilicity of Shape Memory NiTi Alloy to Strengthen the Wear Resistance by Novel Laser Technology
Chi-Ho Ng, Jonathan Lawrence, Hau-Chung Man
TriboUK
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Modifications of Surface Properties of Beta Ti by Laser Surface Treatment
Chi-Ho Ng, Chi-Wai Chan, Hau-Chung Man, David Waugh, Jonathan Lawrence
34th International Congress on Applications of Laser & Electro-optics (ICALEO)
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Laser Solid-state Gas Nitriding of NiTi for Enhancing Wear Resistance
Chi-Ho Ng, On-Ki Chan, Hau-Chung Man
33th International Congress on Applications of Laser & Electro-optics (ICALEO)
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Comparison of Laser Welding of NiTi to AISI 316L Stainless Steel with and without Ta Interlayer Invited
C.H. Ng, E.S. Mok, H.C. Man
9th International Laser Processing and Systems Conference (LPC 2014)
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Investigation of Damage Tolerance Coating System for Biomedical Applications Invited
Chi-Ho Ng, John Nicholls
STEM for Britain 2019
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Enhancing the Wear Performance and Hydrophilicity of Shape Memory NiTi Alloy by Laser Diffusion Nitriding for Orthopaedic Applications
Chi-Ho Ng, Johnathan Lawrence, Hau-Chung Man
IOP Tribology Group – Winter Tribology Fair
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Novel Laser Technology to Enhance the Wear Resistance of Shape Memory NiTi Alloy for Total Joint Replacement Applications Invited
Chi-Ho Ng, Chi-Wai Chan, Hau-Chung Man, David Waugh, Jonathan Lawrence, Graham Smith
Journey through Science Day
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Process Optimisation for Laser Gas Nitriding of Shape Memory NiTi alloys
Chi-Ho Ng, Jonathan Lawrence, Graham Smith, David Waugh, Chi-Wai Chan, Hau-Chung Man
UKSAF Summer Meeting
Research Projects 4
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Enhancing sovereign manufacturing of titanium powder feedstock
Offer Organization: AusIndustry Cooperative Research Centres Program
System: Additive Manufacturing CRC 'Fast-Track Project'
2026/04 -
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Machine learning-assisted characterisation of porosity and lack of fusion defects in additively manufactured titanium alloys for process parameter optimisation
Offer Organization: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
System: Australian Synchrotron Beamtime (Imaging and Medical Beamline)
2024/06 -
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Characterising porosity defect formation in additively manufactured titanium alloys
Offer Organization: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
System: Australian Synchrotron Beamtime (Imaging and Medical Beamline)
2023/03 -
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Duplex solid-state surface engineering for novel thermal control coating systems on spacecraft
Offer Organization: Irish Research Council
System: Enterprise Partnership Scheme (Postgraduate) 2019
2019 -
Teaching Experience 4
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Additive Manufacturing The University of Queensland
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Introduction of Engineering Design and Manufacturing The University of Queensland
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Principles of Mechanical Engineering University of Chester
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Materials and Manufacturing University of Chester
Other 2
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UQ Graduate Teaching Associate Program / Associate Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
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Mental Health First Aid Champion
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